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Percheron

The Percheron is a breed of powerful rugged draft horses that originated in the Perche valley in northern France.

Percherons are noted for heavy muscling and for an aspect of ruggedness and power. Also characteristic of the Percheron is clean action and quality conformation of the feet and legs. The mane is thick, though the tail is usually cut short. The breed is close coupled, wide and deep through the chest, with plenty of back rib. The muscles of the forearms, croup and gaskins are especially emphasized in a good drafter, and ease and balance of gait is essential. The horse is also expected to be of good temperament and be an easy keeper.

The Percheron head and neck is typical of the correct draft horse. Good Percherons have a large and full prominent eye, a broad and full forehead, and straight face. A wide jaw and refined ears attractively set and carried with animation are visible evidence of the Percheron's Arabian ancestry.

The Percheron has a very pleasing disposition, and is proud, alert, and intelligent. They are generally very gentle horses, well-suited for driving, and are strong and willing workers. They have the strength to pull heavy loads and the graceful style to pull a fine carriage. Percherons can be ridden and some have even been trained to jump.

Percherons range in height from 15 to 19 hands high, most are between 16-2 and 17-3 hands high. They can weigh up to 2,600 pounds with the average around 1,900.

Percherons are generally black or gray.

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-[[Image:PercheronDraftHorse.jpg|thumb|250px|Percheron draft horse at the Maryland State Fair]]
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-The '''Percheron''' is one of the most famous [[draft horse]]s from [[France]], originating in the region of [[Perche]]. The Percheron is used for agricultural work, makes an attractive parade horse, and is a most animated and powerful show horse in heavy harness.
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-Percherons are generally black or gray, though chestnut or sorrel are acceptable for registration in the US with a DNA test confirming their parentage.  The red gene is recessive and a red foal can result from the mating of two black horses providing that the red gene is present in both sire and dam.  North American horses with a high percentage of Justamere Showtime breeding are more likely to carry the recessive gene.
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+The Percheron is a breed of powerful rugged draft horses that originated in the Perche valley in northern France.
-Justamere Showtime himself is present in nearly all Percheron pedigrees in the US and Canada.  Virtually every leading stallion in the breed can trace back to Showtime multiple times.  Two of Showtime's most widely used descendents were Highview Dragano and McGee, whose get totally dominate today's showring breeding programs.  Highview Dragano is the sire of the late, great, Blackhome Granduer Lyn, who, like his sire, was well known for siring beautiful, feminine mares with excellent feet and hocks.  McGee's son MG's Prince has sired countless showring champions and two world champion stallions- Sterling's Thunderstik and Pleasant View King.  Thunderstik was also the sire of HF Thunder's Supreme, the 2004 World Champion.  Pleasant View King is one of the most popular sires of today, with his get topping leading sales with amazing regularity.  Another Prince son, All-Star's Prince Rocket, is gaining momentum as a sire of both halter (conformation) and hitch (performance) horses.  The Dragano and McGee lines are known to cross exceptionally well.
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+Percherons are noted for heavy muscling and for an aspect of ruggedness and power. Also characteristic of the Percheron is clean action and quality conformation of the feet and legs. The mane is thick, though the tail is usually cut short. The breed is close coupled, wide and deep through the chest, with plenty of back rib. The muscles of the forearms, croup and gaskins are especially emphasized in a good drafter, and ease and balance of gait is essential. The horse is also expected to be of good temperament and be an easy keeper.
-Another heavily used modern horse was Blackhome Duke, who was not of Showtime breeding.  Duke was heavily line-bred, and was the perfect example of what can go so very right with the practice.  Careful use of linebreeding will concentrate the genetics used, making them more potent.  His sire and dam were sired by the same stallion, Rolling Acres Leonet, out of unrelated mares.  Blackhome Duke was the sire of scores of champions and a number of amazing broodmares.  His best known son, Windermere King Cong, is following in his sire's considerable hoof prints.  Cong's dam was the Mrs.  R.L. Robinson mare Camille, many times a hitch and halter champion in her own right.  Three of Camille's four grandparents were sired by Justamere Showtime.    Another Duke son, Blue Ribbon Farms Hercules, was crowned World Champion in 2002 and has proving to be a good breeding stallion.
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+The Percheron head and neck is typical of the correct draft horse. Good Percherons have a large and full prominent eye, a broad and full forehead, and straight face. A wide jaw and refined ears attractively set and carried with animation are visible evidence of the Percheron's Arabian ancestry.
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-*[http://www.percheron-france.org Societe hippique Percheronne de France]
+The Percheron has a very pleasing disposition, and is proud, alert, and intelligent. They are generally very gentle horses, well-suited for driving, and are strong and willing workers. They have the strength to pull heavy loads and the graceful style to pull a fine carriage. Percherons can be ridden and some have even been trained to jump.
-*[http://www.percheronhorse.org Percheron Horse Association of America]
-*[http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/breeds/horses/percheron/index.htm Oklahoma State University's Percheron Page]
-*[http://www.percheron.org.uk British Percheron Horse Society]
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+Percherons range in height from 15 to 19 hands high, most are between 16-2 and 17-3 hands high. They can weigh up to 2,600 pounds with the average around 1,900.
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+Percherons are generally black or gray.
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